Lap-board or sewing-table.



No. 815,200. PATENTED MAR. 13, 1906.

K. M. MOORE.

LAP BOARD 0R SEWING TABLE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG 16. 1905.

Inventor.

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KATE MARSTQN MOORE, or MVIJDDLETOWVN, OHIO.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 13, 1906.

l Application filed August 16, I906. $eria1No. 274,434.

T0 aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, KATE MARSTON MOORE,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Middletown, in the county'of Butler and'State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Lap Board or Sewing-Table, ,of which the following is a specification.

his invention relates to lap-boards, sew-- ing-tables, and the like, and has for an object to provide a device of the class embodying new and improved features of simplicity,convenience, and efficiency. v It is well known that lap-boards and sewing-tables are oftenemployed for cutting out garments and that for accurately andconveniently performing such operation the goods? must be maintained in an unwrinkled and comparatively taut condition.

. It is an object of this invention to provide a lap-board or table having means wherebya fabric may be secured thereto.

It is a further object to provide a lapboard or table having a strip of felt or similar material secured in a furrow or marginal grooveformed in the periphery and into which a pin may be stuck after passing through the fabric.

With these and other objects in viewthe present invention consists in the combination and arrangement of the parts as will be hereinafter described, shown in the accompanying drawings, and particularly pointed out in the appended claim. 7 v

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of the invention shown as a lap-board and with a fabric thereon and pins inserted through the fabric and into the felt. Fig. 2

\ is a View of the invention in edge elevation with one corner broken away to show the manner of inserting the felt strip.

Like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both figures'of the draw 1n s. I

lhe invention forming the subject-matterof this application may be embodied in a lap- .board', a table, or any like article, and is here shown as the lap-board 10, about the periph ery of which is formed a marginal groove or furrow 11 midway between the top and bottom surfaces and substantially parallel with such surfaces. a I

of any Within the groove 11 is secured astrip 12 approved penetrable material, as felt, into whic through the fa ric, as 14; but the strip 12 may be-used, if desired, in lieu of apincushion.

It will be understood that the groove 11 and strip may extend part way or entirely around, as convenience may-make desirable,

as ina table it may be found desirable to insert into all sides, while in a lap-board the side containing the concave recess will gener ally not require the strip.

A sewing-table or la -board provided with this invention will be ound useful in holding work while a seam is being basted or sewed pins, as 13, may be easily stuck.

Ordinarily the ins 13- will first be inserted as, for instance, sewing trimming of any description upon the edge of goods.

The inventionwill also be found of convenience applied toa large number of articles of furniture, as dining-tables, by the [use of which the table-cloth may be secured upon the table, also upon kitchen, library, and

writing tables, office desks, dressers, and dressing-tables, sewing-machine tables, and the like, in all of which cases pins are a convenience and the strip maybe used as a pin cushion and to secure fabrics, paper, and the like when desired.

. Having thus described the invention, what KATE MARSTON MOORE.

Witnesses I JACOB FIGHTER, W. H. TODHUNTER. 

